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The goalkeeping blind spot - why is it so hard to measure the performance of keepers?

The goalkeeping blind spot - why is it so hard to measure the performance of keepers?

FromThe Athletic Football Tactics Podcast


The goalkeeping blind spot - why is it so hard to measure the performance of keepers?

FromThe Athletic Football Tactics Podcast

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Athletic's Michael Cox and Ali Maxwell are joined by our new analytics writer Mark Carey to tackle the thorny issue of how we measure the performance of that most unique of positions - goalkeepers.
Taking the lead from Mark's recent pieces on Kasper Schmeichel and Vicente Guaita we look at the various metrics we use to analyse goalkeeping performance, how useful they are at accurately assessing their performance, and we try to dispel some common myths around the importance of save percentages and distribution.
And it wouldn't be a pod about goalkeepers if we didn't try to work out who should be England's no.1 for the Euros so we look at the numbers to try and work out whether Pickford, Pope or Henderson deserves the shirt for Southgate's side.
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Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Michael Cox is The Athletic's football tactics writer, Mark Carey is The Athletic's football analytics writer, and along with host Ali Maxwell they break down the tactical and technical details of football each week - looking at trends, systems, players, managers and all manner of statistics in order to give you a deeper look at the matches and moments that define football.